Podcasts :
iTunes – www.itunes.com
Podomaticwww.podomatic.com
Audacity (for recording podcasts) -http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ Audacity is a user-friendly recording tool tht can be imported into a variety of different applications.

recordmp3.org - http://www.recordmp3.org/ A very simple web based tool that allows you to easily record and create an mp3 file. It requires no sign-up and removes the need to convert audio files to .mp3 files.

Podcast tools such as recordmp3 are easily inserted into presentation tools like PowerPoint, SMART Notebook or Glogster to add audio elements to complement visuals. Students can listen to collaborative podcasts like howstuffworks.com on Stuff you Should Know as a model to make valid audio banter about a topic an interesting part of presentations.